Artifacts

Relics of Old

Artifacts must always be assigned to models joining the battle. Each player must declare the location of all of their Artifacts before the battle begins during the Deploy Armies step.

Each Artifact adds Crusade Points to an assigned unit as if it was a Battle Honor, when applied to a unit that is not a Fortification. Update Crusade Cards accordingly.

Artifacts may change assigned models during the Command phase if a carrying unit is within Engagement Range of another model, excluding Fortification units.

Artifacts with one-time effects may be used once per battle. If a one-time use Artifact is dropped by a unit, it retains its use status if collected by another unit.

Artifacts may be reassigned to new units between battles for no cost.

Recovery Efforts

VEHICLE units may never claim or recover Artifacts from the battlefield unless they also have the CHARACTER keyword.

Mission Artifacts

Mission Artifacts are immediately recovered by any eligible model within Engagement Range of the Artifact, unless gameplay rules dictate otherwise.

Dropped Artifacts

If a carrying model is destroyed, excluding Dark Machine units, the Artifact must be either:

Placed on the battlefield, wholly within the space previously occupied by the model
Immediately assigned to another friendly model within Engagement Range of the destroyed model

End of Battle

Any units within 13” may attempt a single Charge to claim any Mission or Dropped Artifact, beginning with the closest unit and continuing with the next closest. A successful Charge results in immediate recovery of the Artifact. If the Artifact remains unrecovered after all attempts, it is returned to the player that last controlled the Artifact.

Save the Artifact

In certain circumstances, actions can be taken to remove an Artifact from battle. These actions differ if an Artifact is housed within a Dark Machine unit instead of an eligible unit as outlined on the Artifact ability. otherwise known as a Carrying Model.

Carrying Models - Quick Extraction

The unit containing the carrying model may begin this action at the end of your Movement phase. Action is completed at the beginning of your next Command phase.

Upon completion, the Artifact is removed from the carrying model and returned to safety off the battlefield via psychic, webway, or other means that carry a narrative-only implication.

Dark Machine - Exfiltration Protocol

If your army contains a Dark Machine unit, this unit may be removed from the battlefield during your Command phase in Round 2+. To complete this action, roll one D6 - the action succeeds based on the following table:

A failed Exfiltration Protocol results in 2D3+3 Mortal Wounds applied to the Dark Machine.

Upon successful completion but before removing the unit from the field, roll one D6 for each Artifact housed within the Dark Machine. For every result equal to or less than 6 minus the current round number, that Artifact is lost during Exfiltration. These Artifacts are expelled 6” in a random direction determined as follows:

Roll 2D6 on the field, rerolling both dice if the result is the same
Draw an imaginary line between the two dice, starting at the low result
Transpose this line over the area occupied by the Dark Machine
Place the Artifact 6” away from the Dark Machine on that line in the direction dictated when the line was drawn
If 6” ends on Unstable Ground, continue down the line until the Artifact is placed on the battlefield or appropriate terrain feature

Note: each Artifact is rolled for individually and placed on the field, if necessary, before rolling for the next Artifact.